Into Disrepute: The Inventive Comic Opera of 1970's Policing

It's 1975 and a recently promoted sergeant is tasked with gathering "dirt" on "Ruff," a London police officer. The inspector thinks that "Ruff" is one of those wicked officers who has to be eliminated from the Force, after the Commissioner has committed to remove his force of "bad apples." This "duty statement," which is entirely written in genuine 1970's Cockney slang and authentic police vocabulary, recounts a time in British history when police salaries were so low that officers could not support their families and when policemen had substandard equipment, inadequate supervision, and insufficient training. Despite rising crime rates and burgeoning populations, the Met Police was severely short-staffed. Although women still did not have equality in the service, things were about to change. Read this comic opera to find out more!